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	2D Composition
brazilnut72
2-21-2008 7:00 AM
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good tips for photographers and filmographers
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/18fbf785-3fc3-4af4-b465-8e5542f4e0c9/38AA2AB5-7E20-454E-9257-F50617D2A563/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/" href="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.johnharveyphoto.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><SPAN> Rules of Thirds:</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/">If
you divide the photo into thirds, place objects where the thirds
cross.  Align horizons and edges to join the third lines.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.johnharveyphoto.com/img/E926614E-9651-445B-A623-F18B3661F449" alt="Light House" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><SPAN> Disappearing Lines into Corners:</SPAN>
If there are strong lines in the scene, try to
get them to disappear
into the corner.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.johnharveyphoto.com/img/49C0B191-56F0-4A52-9FCD-50DCFF2BAABD" alt="Bridge by Cheakamus Canyon" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.johnharveyphoto.com/img/A5EEA902-9C72-4642-8F6C-46FDF790FDE3" alt="In Front of Mt. Shasta" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><SPAN> Use "S" Curves</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/">
Apparently, they eye enjoys following "S"
curves.  This rules
seems to apply mostly to water, roads and the silhouettes of
people.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.johnharveyphoto.com/img/333AAC05-4581-4B87-B9F7-6581059F0391" alt="Cascade of Falls" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.johnharveyphoto.com/img/1CB59CAF-C6CA-4D2A-8E30-602EBD1174DA" alt="Fence at Rathtrevor" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/">Monotonous Content:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/">
Some images would make killer jigsaw puzzles -
they contain many
examples of the same object but with deep detail allows the brain to
dwell on and discover arbitrary parts of the photo.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.johnharveyphoto.com/img/351C49E0-F9F3-435E-98AB-8C4693A38148" alt="Mixed Gourds" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.johnharveyphoto.com/img/F7B39DEA-600C-4D16-8A64-ACCE927F28F9" alt="Fish In Large Tank" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/">Left right symmetry is the rule in this world -
many things have symmetry.  If you can find examples where there
is symmetry (where it isn't expect) or symmetry is missing when it
should be there, your eye will dwell to reconcile  the situation.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.johnharveyphoto.com/img/CC2B6ACE-114B-412E-AEA2-2D373DFCADF9" alt="First Beach" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/">
Movement into the Majority of the Frame</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.johnharveyphoto.com/img/6B5EFF0E-FB42-4DE2-A805-529F1B9E5BF8" alt="Mark Go Karting" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/38AA2AB5-7E20-454E-9257-F50617D2A563/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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